Quantitative Research Jobs in London

Quantitative Research
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Quantitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Research over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 400 386
Rank change year-on-year +51 -14 +156
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Research 43 112 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.34% 0.47% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.52% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 30 71 144
10th Percentile £62,172 £55,642 £56,125
25th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £137,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +38.80%
75th Percentile £129,688 £168,750 £150,000
90th Percentile £198,000 £172,500 £200,000
England median annual salary £110,000 £102,500 £105,000
% change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% +61.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Quantitative Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,045 21,522 31,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.48% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 15,847 22,804
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Quantitative Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Research in London

Quantitative Research
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Research in London.

Salary trend for Quantitative Research in London

Quantitative Research
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Research in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Research in London

Quantitative Research
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Research within the London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +24 2 £110,000 +135.45% 11
South London - 1 £55,000 -
Quantitative Research
England

Quantitative Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) Confluence
1 1 (2.33%) Jupyter
1 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) AWS
1 2 (4.65%) Azure
1 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.33%) Figma
2 1 (2.33%) GCP
2 1 (2.33%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) KDB
1 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
1 2 (4.65%) Relational Database
1 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.65%) Tableau
2 1 (2.33%) Big Data
2 1 (2.33%) Kdb+
2 1 (2.33%) MySQL
2 1 (2.33%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.33%) Redis
2 1 (2.33%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Git
2 7 (16.28%) Gradle
3 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 31 (72.09%) Finance
2 20 (46.51%) Front Office
2 20 (46.51%) Social Skills
3 12 (27.91%) Banking
4 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (16.28%) Law
6 6 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (6.98%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.98%) Investment Banking
7 3 (6.98%) Marketing
8 2 (4.65%) Local Government
8 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.33%) Advertising
9 1 (2.33%) Agriculture
9 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Developer
2 9 (20.93%) Business Manager
3 8 (18.60%) Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Business Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Java Developer
5 6 (13.95%) Finance Business Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Finance Manager
5 6 (13.95%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (11.63%) Quantitative Developer
6 5 (11.63%) Senior
6 5 (11.63%) Software Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) C++ Developer
7 4 (9.30%) Lead
7 4 (9.30%) Lead Software Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) Python Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) Python Software Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) React
2 1 (2.33%) Kafka
2 1 (2.33%) NumPy
2 1 (2.33%) Pandas
2 1 (2.33%) Qt
2 1 (2.33%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.33%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.88%) Hedge funds
2 14 (32.56%) Algorithms
3 10 (23.26%) Derivative
4 9 (20.93%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (20.93%) Equities
4 9 (20.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (18.60%) Fixed Income
6 2 (4.65%) Data Structures
6 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.33%) Market Risk
7 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.93%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Agile
2 15 (34.88%) Analytics
3 13 (30.23%) Software Engineering
4 12 (27.91%) Algorithmic Trading
5 10 (23.26%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (23.26%) CI/CD
5 10 (23.26%) Decision-Making
6 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (20.93%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (18.60%) Asset Management
7 8 (18.60%) Electronic Trading
7 8 (18.60%) Portfolio Management
7 8 (18.60%) Qualitative Research
7 8 (18.60%) TDD
8 7 (16.28%) BDD
8 7 (16.28%) Business Analysis
8 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (16.28%) Investment Management
8 7 (16.28%) Performance Attribution
8 7 (16.28%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (48.84%) Python
2 19 (44.19%) SQL
3 12 (27.91%) Java
4 8 (18.60%) C++
5 3 (6.98%) C#
6 1 (2.33%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.33%) R
6 1 (2.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) Degree
2 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) BISAM
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.65%) Adobe
4 1 (2.33%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.33%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.33%) Google
4 1 (2.33%) Hotjar
4 1 (2.33%) Optimizely
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle
4 1 (2.33%) Qubit
4 1 (2.33%) Refinitiv
4 1 (2.33%) Vertica